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25th May 1985
25th May 1985
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EDITORIAL

T HE FREIGHT Transport T HE FREIGHT Transport Association must be applauded for its endeavours to have bridge and tunnel tolls...

NEXT WEEK

WHEN CM carried out its overnight parcels carrier test last June three of the 10 carriers failed in at least one respect: one...

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DIGEST

NFC profit nearly doubles NFC latest half-year figures show an 80 per cent jump in pre-tax profits. The original £1 -...

RHA tests proposal gets Dip thumbs down

HOSTILITY has greeted a Road Haulage Association demand that group training associations should be able to carry out heavy...

GLC ban and Sunday trading

THE POSSIBILITY of Sunday trading has added another twist to the effect on operators of the Greater London Council's proposed...

MPs disagree over tax rates

AN ARGUMENT arose in the Commons last week when MPs passed the Finance Bill clauses which increase sonic rates of vehicle...

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Transport 2000 turned down

THE COUNCIL on Tribunals has rejected Transport 2000's demand that it give residents the right to appeal against the granting...

Hauliers demand M-way repair rights

OPERATORS should be permitted to perform or organise their own minor repairs at motorway service areas, the Road Haulage...

Tipper group

SCOTTISH tipper operators have 'succeeded in reviving their tipping group and have nominated two delegates to represent them on...

NFC profits up 80pc

THE NATIONAL Freight Consortium achieved an 80 per cent increase in pre-tax profits for the first half of the current financial...

Dery price stays level

THE SCHEDULE') price of commercial ,bulk dery has remained static since the end of April, according to the main oil companies....

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.ords amendment mot enougte

:HE "STRATEGIC" high/ay authorities which have een added to the Governlent's plans to abolish the six ietropolitan counties and...

esidents lose gaint Hills

BID by local residents and ighbouring firms to impose vironmental restrictions on .-. licence held by heavy ulier Hills...

ro safety

THE EEC Commission announced plans this month for a series of new measures to improve road safety of heavy commercial vehicles...

FMC is here again: book your place now!

COMMERCIAL MOTOR'S 1985 Fleet Management Conference takes place on October 17 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. An...

Severn tolls: bad news soon?

A CLEAR hint that the Government will go ahead with its plans to more than double tolls on the Severn Bridge has drawn a rapid...

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Italians cause confusion

by Brian Weatherley CONFUSION is rife following the Italian Government's decision to ban foreign vehicles with secondary; fuel...

Italy slows down hauliers with red tape

COMMON Market officials have been asked to help international hauliers to clear a path through a new jungle of road transport...

Lorry video

AN EIGHT-MINUTE video resentation of the case for the lorry has been prepared as part of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

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Obituary: Jim Skyrme

JIM SKYRME, chief executive of the National Bus -ompany from January 1972 intil his retirement in Decem)er 1976, has died after...

lamett rises to un Chesterfield

.IEW MANAGER of the :hesterfield branch of BRS 4idlands is Mike Barnett. le moves to the branch from iellington where he has...

Reshuffle for NCP top team

A MANAGEMENT reshuffle has been carried out by National Carriers Parcels to improve its operational structure and increase...

MO manager joins the bowl

ANDREW PACKER, southern area general manager with MO Roadways since early last year, has been appointed to the board of the...

Mitchell rises at Cummins Engine

UK manufacturing operations director responsible for the Cummins Engine Co plants at Shotts, Lanarkshire and Daventry,...

More expansion at Nalional Bus Company

NATIONAL PRODUCTS, the expanding marketing and business development division of the National Bus Company, has appointed Roger...

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LA turns down representations against Pandoro

A PUBLIC inquiry into the renewal of the international licence held by Pandoro, the P&O subsidiary, has been cancelled by North...

Forth Bridge tolls inquiry to be held in June

A PUBLIC inquiry into the proposed increases in Forth Road Bridge tolls is to be held in Edinburgh next month. The inquiry, to...

Tipper man wins over environment application

YUILL AND DODDS, the Scottish haulage contractor which ran coal daily between Hunterston terminal and Ravenscraig steel works...

Davis to recruit

THE DAVIS Company has opened up a new division to handle the recruitment and selection of staff for the motor industry. It...

Min spent on Welsh roads

THE WELSH OFFICE has awarded contracts for nearly :23m worth of improvements to the country's trunk road network. It is...

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Hymas objectors silenced after Glicence confusion

NORTH Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority Norman Moody refused to hear objections when Albert Hymas sought renewal of its...

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Loan insurance from the listening bank

INSURANCE against defaulting on a loan of up to £15,000 is readily available under a new small loan scheme launched by Midland...

Renault's UK and European breakdown senice

RENAULT Truck Industries has launched an instant credit 24-hour breakdown service which it says will provide emergency...

NCCS wins Colrali contact

NATIONAL Freight Consortium - owned National Carriers Contract Services has won a £186,000 contract from fellow NEC company...

Dip fault-finders thni up tacho discrepancies

A SUFFOLK haulage firm sent all its tachograph charts for computer checking at a cost of 35p a chart, magistrates were told....

Mixed load success

SCOTTISH farmer Alexander Niven and two of his drivers had mixed success when they denied overloading offences before the...

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FTA to launch

wheel guidebook THE FREIGHT Transport Association is about to publish a "good housekeeping" guide on the maintenance of wheels...

Wheels 'inadequate'

"I'HE SAFETY factor in modem commercial vehicle wheel assembly design is inadequate, according to the first phase of the...

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Newtons moves south

NEWTONS COACHES of Dingwall is to move to the Longman Industrial Estate at Inverness within the next few months and plans...

Lunar Module gets down-to earth warning

THE EASTERN Traffic Commissioners have warned Lunar Module to stick to its road service licence conditions for its minibus...

Ridley retorts

PRIVATE operations will fill the gaps left behind when the National Bus Company withdraws from supported services, Transport...

Scania scores high with ionckheere

DESPITE 1985 being a particularly hard year for coach suppliers Jonckheere importer Roeselare of Northampton reports that it...

NBC does we0 in Hereford trial area

PASSENGER loadings on Midland Red West bus services in Hereford city centre have risen by around 50 per cent since the...

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Minibuses to cover Weston

THE WHOLE of the town bus service network in Weston-super-Mare, Avon, is to be converted to minibus operation in June....

Govt sticks to tax plans

THE GO V ERN M E I has successfully resisted Labour MPs' attempts to cut the proposed increases in vehicle excise duty on...

Drive and energy are displayed in Brussels

By Noel Millier PARTICIPANTS from nearly 50 countries including Rwanda, the Soviet Union and Ireland took part in the 45th...

National Bus Metroliners in Oxford blue

MCW METROLINER double-deck coaches have been introduced on the City of Oxford Motor Services Oxford City Link services linking...

New regs coming

MAJOR CHANGES in UK regulations governing the construction and maintenance of minibuses, buses and coaches are imminent,...

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Narrow mixers go on sale

NCS of Chesterfield expects to sell around 12 1.5cum (1.96cuyd) payload Minimix wet concrete mixers for 7.5tonners this...

Metro guide Inn Citing

SERVICE bulletin SD12 has wen published by Lucas Giring's parts and service denrtment at West Bromwich a - ) cover the...

New bailers

A NEW SPECIALIST trailer manufacturer, Andover Trailers, has been established on the site of the former Craven Tasker factory...

Lyka range for Avm exhibition

A NEW RANGE of recovery cranes, designed and manufactured by Lyka of Preston, Lancashire, was shown at the Association of...

Chocs away by Thompson 'WO NEW insulated semiailer tankers have

been built y Thompson Tankers of ;Hsu - in, West Midlands for ic Rowntree Mackintosh hocolate tanker fleet. Both of the 18,000...

Multipart extends its exchange injector scheme

MULTIPART has extended its exchange injector scheme to cover all Bedford, Dodge, Ford and Leylaiki engines. The scheme covers...

Ford to sell Mazda ii Europe

FORD is to launch a Japanese-built light van called the Econov an in selected European markets in the autumn, but not in...

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TRUCKFEST NEEDS TRAILERS

I THOROUGHLY enjoyed the Truckfest show at Peterborough: such opportunities for owner-drivers and the general public to see our...

REMINDED OF THE GREAT DAYS

CONGRATULATIONS on your excellent new look CM. I like the new format and presentation and it definitely puts CM ahead of its...

WELL DONE

CONGRATULATIONS on the new look of Commercial Motor which is indeed most impressive. We have always appreciated CM and I think...

LESS HAPPY

IN the report on Tipcon (CM May 11) Bill Brock states that Scania is only using the none charge-cooled engine rated at 245bhp...

CHEAPER COFFEE

In the article on motorway services in your journal (CM May 4), you quoted an AA report that coffee cost 60p a cup at Granada...

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AVRO SHOW

LIFTS RECOVERY 4 AMAGE-free' are the operative words in recovery which, show the difference between the professional and the...

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WORKSHOP WAYS

ROADRUNNER SERVICE A FTER an extended post-launch honeymoon period with the bodybuilders, Roadrunner has been in service for...

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ACCURACY IS

BANG ON AT THATCHAM Tim Blakemore looks at the new impact test procedure at the Motor Insurance Repair Research Centre which...

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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW

T HOSE of us at the Freight Transport Association's annual dinner were interested to listen to Metropolitan Police Commissioner...

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SERVICE-THE KEY TO

MORE SALES Bryan Jarvis finds out how two truck importers are increasing their UK market shares REAKING into new fleet...

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TRAILER AXLES ALIGNED BY

LASER Bill Brock reports on an Eighties alternative to a ball of string S OON after Derek Godden started his axle alignment...

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BOOK REVIEWS

TRUCK NOSTALGIA P ERHAPS the best feature of Truck Nostalgia (Blandford Press; £10.95) is its front cover, done in the manner...

SURVIVING TRAMS

W HEN so many transport hooks on the market today arc priced close to £10 — sometimes more — it is pleasant to find one...

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SWIFT, HAWK-EYED TACHO READERS

They're quicker, more accurate, more detailed and more available — Jack Semple reports on the new analyses of tacho charts...

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EYES DOWN FOR CPC

N OW is the time to begin your studies for the next Royal Society of Arts examinations for the Certificate of Professional...

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BRAKE EFFICIENCY:

PROBLEMS ACCEI,ERATE THERE is a growing unease among many transport engineers about brakes. Many have noted a recent general...

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Accidental damage is not the only cause of cracked cylinder blocks

Metalock repairs return components to their original strength — sometimes even stronger. The world-wide Metalock...

The Angel & Williams expertise added to the Metalock facility

— the all embracing repair techniques for cast iron, aluminium, magnesium and steel. The world renowned fusion welding and...

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IRTE SHOW

PULLS PROFESSIONALS WITH BUYING POWER T WO clear trends emerged from last week's Institute of Road Transport Engineers display...